# Nicolas St.Hilaire > Design Systems, Front-end Design + Development Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nicolassthilaire Experienced Design Technologist and Front-End Developer with a strong background in creating scalable, accessible design systems, functional UI components, and high-fidelity prototypes. Skilled at bridging UX design and front-end development to transform complex requirements into intuitive, user-centric digital solutions. Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with designers, developers, and stakeholders to enhance user experience and deliver measurable results. CORE COMPETENCIES:
Design Systems · Front-End Development · UX/UI Design · Accessibility (ADA/WCAG) · Figma · Storybook · HTML/CSS/JavaScript · Responsive Design · Prototyping · A/B Testing · Cross-functional Collaboration ## Work Experience ### UX / UI Designer 5, Cerulean Design System @ Blue Shield of California Jan 2025 – Present | Oakland, California, United States • Maintain and scale the Cerulean Design System across diverse technology stacks, enhancing user experience. • Collaborate with UI/UX and product teams to drive strategic planning and optimize the design system's product roadmap. • Develop new components ensuring compliance with accessibility standards, significantly improving usability for all users. ### Independant Design Consultant / Front-end Developer @ Self Employed Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Oakland, California, United States • Provided design services, strategy, and front-end development consultation for small retail businesses, neighborhood organizations, and non-profits. • Designed and maintained ADA/WCAG compliant websites, improving user experience and client engagement. • Utilized Adobe Creative Suite to create visually appealing designs, resulting in increased client satisfaction. ### Sr Design Technologist @ First American Title Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Oakland, California, United States • Built a design system from the ground up for use by developers (Storybook) and designers (Figma) • Created and maintained a library of UI elements, components, tokens and variables that seamlessly worked together across various platforms and products • Created and executed a project roadmap - to design, build, and maintain the IgniteRE Design System • Created a consistent, cohesive UI that was responsive, accessible, and easy-to-use • Onboarded, promoted and tracked usage of the design system and ensured healthy adoption rates • Partnered with Development, Research and Design to ensure components were tested, functionally stable, fast, usable and accessible to all users • Continuous testing and iterations pushing boundaries of UI by building rapid functional prototypes • ADA/WCAG Accessibility Compliance • Continuous A/B testing ### UI Developer, Consultant @ Blue Shield of California Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Oakland, California, United States • Created initial roadmap - to plan the design, build, maintain and monitor the Cerulean Design System • Built a design system from the ground up for use by developers (Storybook) and designers (Figma) • Created and maintained a library of UI Elements, Components, and variables • Created functional front-end components and high-fidelity prototypes (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) • Partnered with Development, Research and Design to test and ensure components were functionally stable and usable and accessible to all users • ADA/WCAG Accessibility Compliance ### Master Interactive Designer @ Blue Shield of California Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Oakland, California, United States • Redesigned and built high-fidelity interactive prototypes of the Account Management, Login, and Registration applications for BSCA’s Provider Connection website • Developed conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, click-throughs, and prototypes ### Sr. UX Designer / Front-End Developer @ The Home Depot Jan 2014 – Jan 2020 | Foster City, California, United States • Created interactive responsive web pages, web apps, and prototypes for homedepot.com • Built and maintained a responsive customer-facing onboarding application for proreferral.com • Helped to massively redesign, iterate and prototype the THD main site navigation • Prototyped new design system components and styles for various components, elements and features • Focus on improving accessibility and enhancing the user experience through animation, interactivity, and design and simplifying an often complex purchasing processes • ADA/WCAG Accessibility Compliance • Continuous A/B testing ### Creative Manager + Lead Developer of Interactive Tools for Williams-Sonoma brands @ Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco, California, United States • Led the design and built various interactive features throughout the WSI family of retail commerce sites • Explored and prototyped new UI designs, interactive functionality, and animations • Designed, prototyped, built, maintained, and managed a suite of highly interactive product configuration tools, web apps, and interactive features across all WSI brands • Led a team responsible for managing product configuration tool production and maintenance • ADA/WCAG Accessibility Compliance ### Manager, Interactive Tools + Special Projects for Pottery Barn Brands @ Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco, California, United States • Designed, built, maintained, and managed a suite of interactive product configuration tools, web apps, and complex interactive features across all Pottery Barn brands (Pottery Barn, PBteen, and PBkids) • Designed, built and prototyped new UI designs, explored new functionality, components and features • Developed conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, click-throughs, and prototypes • ADA/WCAG Accessibility Compliance ### Senior Interactive Designer @ Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 | San Francisco, California, United States I led a small team of designers who designed the continuously changing homepage and various pages and features throughout the site. I established close relationships with our developers, product designers, buyers and photographers to coordinate the designs of various aspects of the site. I designed and built a variety of interactive product configurators which helped users to visualize and purchase complex products. As the site evolved I was also tasked with building wireframes, prototyping, designing and maintaining various features and new UI elements and graphical standards for the site. ### Senior Packaging Designer, PBteen Brand @ Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 | San Francisco Bay Area • Led design and production of seasonal packaging for all PBteen products. • Managed global vendor coordination across Europe and Asia to ensure quality and timely delivery. • Maintained packaging standards and ensured consistency across regions and production methods. • Built a vendor portal to centralize access to packaging assets, improving efficiency and reducing errors. ### Packaging Designer, PBteen Brand @ Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Jan 2002 – Jan 2004 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Independent Designer @ Self Employed Jan 2000 – Jan 2003 I worked with a variety of different clients to design various print collateral, stationery, brochures, logos, billboard and print advertising, and websites for them. ## Education ### BA in Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration Western Washington University ### Fine/Studio Arts in General Gonzaga University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nsthilaire - Portfolio: http://nicolassthilaire.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/nicolassthilaire JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nicolassthilaire/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13